LED phototherapy will be delivered transdermally via an extra-oral device and in a split mouth manner (half of the dental arch).

Device: LED Phototherapy

Other Name: Device manufactured by Biolux Research Ltd

No Intervention: Control: conventional orthodontic tooth movement

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:

10 Years and older

Genders Eligible for Study:

Both

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

bilaterally symmetric extraction of premolar teeth with residual extraction spaces large enough to ensure space closure is not complete prior to the subsequent orthodontic appointment

no medicines or systemic illness

full banding/bonding of teeth

Exclusion Criteria:

pregnant

non-extraction treatment

systemic illness

prior orthodontic treatment

Contacts and Locations

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To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below.
For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01490385

Locations

Canada, Ontario

University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G1G6

Sponsors and Collaborators

Bryan Tompson

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Bryan D Tompson, DDS, DipPaedo, DipOrtho, FRCDC

University of Toronto

More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party:

Bryan Tompson, Head, Discipline of Orthodontics, University of Toronto